Alexandria, Egypt Travel Blogs

Alexandria
Mar 20, 2008 (10 photos)

Alexandria is different to the other parts of Egypt we have visited. The Greek and Italian influence can be seen in the people and they speak with a different accent to other parts of Egypt.  It is not as English friendly.  The people seem to ...

Last day of the Feast!
Oct 15, 2007

Arrived in Alexandria having slept fairly well on the train.  Checked into our hotel right on the corniche...very flash! Took the tram to Fort Qaitbay and goofed around with the locals there...mostly roving bands of young men ...

The Land of Pharaohs
Mar 25, 2006 (8 photos)

... through eternal rose-tinted glasses, and Alexandria is most definitely one of those. The home of pharaohs and conquerors, Alexandria was for centuries Egypt's gateway and the centre of the known world, and so, perhaps fittingly, this was where I first set ...

Alexandria - the search for sunken ruins
Feb 23, 2006 (19 photos)

I hadn't even considered diving when heading up to Alexandria, but wandering along the Corniche that first sunny day yielded and interesting advertisement pointing out the 'Submerged Antiquities' to be found in the harbour. Not long after I stumbled on ...

"Finished... closed"
Apr 16, 2008 (18 photos)

· Alexandria, Egypt · GMT +2hrs 'Alexandria, princess and whore. The royal city and the anus mundi' - Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet More Disappointments As soon as we got off the 3 hour bus from Cairo in Alexandria's bus station ...

Alexandria - Mediterranean festivities
Feb 22, 2006 (33 photos)

... I thoroughly enjoyed my time here and will be happy to spend more time here if and when possible. Alexandria is a real waterfront city - stretching for kilometres around a wide, circular harbour and continuing along beaches and bays surrounding ...

Egypt and the life-giving Nile
Nov 23, 2004 (56 photos)

... to spend some more time with Esther and Jodie Saturday morning going out to the bazaar. Saturday afternoon I took the train to Alexandria. The hotel room I got has a great view overlooking the harbor (and only $13 per night). There were plenty of ...

Christmas eve can't remember much that ...
Dec 25, 2000

Christmas Eve Can't remember much that happened yesterday evening. We tried to find some bars after we'd done our emailing and taking that photo of us, but everywhere was closed which was a pain. All the bars are owned by Coptic Christians, and they ...

Quick entry here on christmas eve after 2 ...
Dec 24, 2000 (1 photos)

Quick entry here on Christmas eve. After 2 hours sleep on the bus from hell, Nik and I look rough as robber's dogs. Check out my new bearded good look, and Nik wears his cap at all times to distract attention from quiff. Have a good time in the New ...

Egypt!
Oct 31, 2006

... . My time spent in Egypt was divided into three parts: the Cairo part, the Sharm El Sheik part and my day in Alexandria. Cairo, thousands of years later, is still dominated by the pyramids. Life seems to revolve around them even today. You can see ...

Alexandria
Apr 9, 2007 (15 photos)

World Cruise Monday, April 9, 2007 Alexandria, Egypt Excursion: Highlights of Alexandria, 7 hours, $100 each Captain Dag decided to change our itinerary before we got to Cairo so we travelled overland by coach, on better roads, from Cairo to ...

Helter Skelter
Oct 24, 2009 (1 photos)

... waterfront city, stretching 20 km. (12.5 mi.) from east to west and 3 km. (2 mi.) wide.  Alexandria continued as the capital of Egypt under the Romans and its offshoot, the Byzantine empire.  From the 4th century onwards, the city declined into ...

Alexandria
Oct 16, 2005

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Alexandria - it is Alexandria's city
Dec 24, 2008

back later..

Alexandria and Armed Forces Holiday
Oct 11, 2004 (7 photos)

So while everyone else was dodging bombs in Israel and Egypt, I was spending a couple days in Alexandria with my roommate Christianna. We took the train there. My first train trips was a lot of fun. It costs about 4 dollars to go two and half hours in ...

Bad Ass Alex
Aug 1, 2008 (8 photos)

... gigantic sofa, but the thought was there. We celebrated our safe return with a grilled fish by the citadel overlooking Alexandria's harbour and seafront (which looks scarily like Brighton, or Douglas, Isle of Man perhaps) and some delicious Egyptian beer. ...

The Nile Delta - Alexandria
May 27, 2009 (6 photos)

Still just pics...

Overnight to visit Cairo sightseeing from Alexndri
Jul 15, 2009 (4 photos)

... Mosque. Enjoy shopping at Khan El Khalily Bazaars.Have lunch at local restaurant. Drive back to your Cruise in Alexandria Port. Inclusions: Meet and assist at Alexandria Port Accommodation for 01 Night at 3stars hotel in Cairo Transportation by air- ...

In the Land of the Grand
Jul 4, 2008 (9 photos)

... 's "8 Mile" soundtrack, I kid you not. Start: Red Sea Hotel, Suez, EGYPT. 11:40 End: Maamura Palace Hotel, Alexandria, EGYPT. 19:30 Distance Traveled: 408 km Road Conditions: good Average Speed: 108 km/hr Max Speed: 68.9 km/hr Temperature: ...

Alexandria - a day by the sea
Apr 26, 2008 (7 photos)

... welcome so I believe that most people did in fact have good impressions of New Zealand and New Zealanders.  We travelled to Alexandria via the Alex-Desert road which was a 4 lane road with the shoulder lane sometimes covered with sand and/or vehicles ...

All good things come to an end
Jul 5, 2008 (7 photos)

... It will be a good chance to collect our thoughts and let this whole trip sink in. Start: Maamura Palace Hotel, Alexandria, EGYPT. End: Maamura Palace Hotel, Alexandria, EGYPT. Distance Traveled: 0 km Road Conditions: ok except for the crazy ...

To leave Egypt (1/3)
Oct 13, 2008

Raaaah. C'est un peu l'expression que j'avais en tete hier soir, m'ecroulant sur mon premier lit jordanien. Je suis donc bel et bien arrivé en Jordanie, ait fini par quitter l'Egypte. Mais quel bordel ! Transports en train, bus, bateau et taxi se sont ...

Alexandria.....Finally.
May 7, 2009 (22 photos)

... of thing, but it was a first to me.... there was no fire or any cool sights.... just poverty and pollution. we enter Alexandria around 2:30 to a shit storm of traffic. eventually we find a parking lot and head to a sea food place that peter absolutely ...

Breeze through Alexandria
Sep 13, 2007 (3 photos)

A quick stopover in Alexandria. I didn't get to see much of it, just a bit of a stroll along the seafront and around a really cool bridge. The new Biblioteca Alexandrina was closed (it was Tuesday), so I only got to see it from the outside. This lack of ...

Alexandria...
Oct 10, 2007 (7 photos)

... wake up to in the morning.  Being close to the sea made Ash and I feel a bit at home and the cleaner air in Alexandria compared to Cairo made taking that first big breath that much nicer.  We were told that we were going to have a long day ...

Valley of the Tourists - Days 10-15
Mar 26, 2006 (248 photos)

... of the country in the past nine days. From Abu Simbel, about 20 miles from the Sudan border, to Alexandria, on the northern edge of Egypt. I thought about comparing it (culturally) to travelling from San Diego to Seattle, but the reality is that it's ...

Visit Alexandria sightseeing from Alexandria Port
Jul 15, 2009 (4 photos)

... Ship Cruise by air-condition modern van to visit Alexandria sightseeing including visits to Cata Comb of Kom el Shokafa, Alexandria Library, Pompeii's Pillar, Roman Amphitheater & Kaitbay Citadel. Have lunch at local restaurant. Go back to your Cruise ...

alexandrie
Sep 3, 2008 (5 photos)

Il est 18:45 et le muezzin nous réveille lorsqu'il entonne ses louanges. Bientôt la rumeur de la ville s'évapore, la circulation a disparue et avec elle le bruit des klaxons. Les tues sont desertees par les piétons mais on appercoit des musulmans atablés qui ...

City of Contrasts
Apr 13, 2009

... and high heels. Needless to say Dave and I stood out in our grungy travelling clothes and attracted many stares. Though Alexandria is one of the most historically important cities of the world- from the famous library to the palace that Cleopatra built ...

Alexandria
Aug 25, 2008 (32 photos)

just photos